Every man, however wise, needs the advice of some sagacious friend in the affairs of life.

Not by age but by capacity is wisdom acquired.
PLAUTUS

Age Capacity Wisdom
He who dies for virtue does not perish.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
A mouse does not rely on just one hole.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Man proposes, God disposes.
PLAUTUS

God Man Propose
The woman who has the best perfume is she who has none.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
It is good to love in a moderate degree; to distraction, it is not good; but to love to entire distraction, is the thing that my master’s doing.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Wisdom is not attained by years, but by ability
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
There are games in which it is better to lose than win.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Keep what you have got; the known evil is best.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
There is indeed a God that hears and sees whate’er we do.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Things unhoped for happen oftener than things we desire.
PLAUTUS

Desire Hope
Do you never look at yourself when you abuse another person?
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Things we not hope for often come to pass than things we wish.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
If anything is spoken in jest, it is not fair to turn it to earnest.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Laws are subordinate to custom.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Let deeds match words.
PLAUTUS

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